1. Parenti, Michael, Democracy for the few. Bedford Books: 1995 (An alternative interpretation of the practice and institutional arrangements of the American political system and a critical review of policy issues; of special interest is chapter on elections, parties and voters).

2. Burns, Peltason and Cronin, Government by the People. Prentice Hall College: 2000. (A standard, conventional study of the American politics, elections and political parties)

Reform Agenda

1. Steuerle, Gramlich, Heclo and Nightingale, The Government We Deserve. Urban Institute: 1998 (An incisive critique of domestic policies and a roadmap for reforms)

2. Crotty, William ed., Post-Cold War Policy: The Social and Domestic Context. Burnham Inc: 1995 (Collection of 15 essays deal with the reform agenda for the next century)

Minorities Participation

1. Zweigenhaft, Richard and Domhoff, Jews in the Protestant Establishment